The Sun. — London, England, 1838-10-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, TrRSDAT.—Fier M.,jesty took her accuromed airin g i n the Pa k thi s a f t; rnoon,•aceorn: by her R , ,yal 'Highness the Duchess of Kent dt.:..nded by the Baroness Lehzen, Hon. Miss Cavendish, the Duke of Sutherland,' Lord Melb ourne, Lord Lvnsdowne, Lord Uxbridge, Lord John Russell, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Cul. Caren fish, and Sir Robert Otway. The Duchess of Sutherland and Ltidy Littleriale followed in a barauche and four. Lpatdy Mary S top f or d rode out in a pony phaPton. ". Lord Chancellor, Lord Glenelg, Lord Palmerston, ithd Sir John Hobhouse took their d , arturo this morning. iotTMr. Bathurst and Sir John Claik left yesterday evening. ' Roral dinner pirty this evening will include the fol. Roytil Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady 6- '9 3l (tY, Lady Mary Stopford, Hon. Misses L. Paget and P_aver,digh, Lady Lit.leton, Barone , s Lehzen, Duke and .'..:itess of Sutherland, Marquis of Lansd mne, Viscount elbourne, Lord John Russell, Lord Uxbridge, Sir R. I °tlq 'tY, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Hon. C. A. Murray, and onel Bourerie. His Royal H ighness the Duke of Cambridge left his red olonereiteeso.at tisieKevr yeste r d a y, on a v i s i t to t h e Ri g h t H on . Si r s Y. at his seat, Hall Barne Park, Beaconsfield, 10nDiaespatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the Islands and from the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar, vse,,,re received yeste.rday at the Colonial-office. uespatches from the British Chat T e d'Affaires at Naples reeoeuelilvt.edyesterday at the Foreign-office. Palmerston left town on Monday afternoon foi / 1 , 1 , 5 e% Castle. His Lordship returned to town yesterday. M. Glenelg returned to town yesterday from a visit to her ,Tiesty at Windsor Castle. he Lord Chancellor arrived at his residence Copse Hill, rp te ,rdaY, from Wi n d sor C ast l e . 'ue 'Castle. Hon. Wm. Temple, has arrived in tow n from Windsor Sir John Hobh ouse arr i ve d i n town yesterday from a visit to r e Maje sty at Windsor Castle. RIO.NABLE INTELLIGENCE. o Lord ARRIVALS. t Fitzroy Slmerset , i n S t :nliope. street, Mayfair, from te r; Admiral Hawker in Piccs,dilly; Lnrd Saye and Seie toßruton-street; Mr. Culling Smith in Piccadilly ; Captain C: ) ,. le in Hill street; Mr. Hoare in Gloucester-place; place Blackwell in Pall-mall; M. Villebo)s in Gloucester. Pi ee e ',., Lord New.trk in Portman-Fquare; Mr. Briscoe in at C h m e i i l lY ; Mr. Lowther in Piccadilly ; _Miss Wright Wilson str eet 'sett Patk ; Alexander Grant, , fr Ile °ln Scotland; the Rev. Mr. A Conti- Etq., in Arlington lackie from a Qat tour. Sir 'R• DEPARTURES. ss.Aurbtle-r. onie.ha.rd Sutton. Bart., for Leicestershire; Colonel utonot on a tour • Mr. Trelawney on a tour ; Lord . James__ vi".e Ladies fork. tour ; Cu . rrie for Essendon Hall, in e Ir e ; kshire Sir '" Finc a h nd Mrs. Robl^rt Harrington for Brighton ; for the Earl of Aylesford's seat in War- Archibald and Miss Campbell fur Brighton; 413t4in Ind Mrs. Cust on a tour ; Lady Anne and Miss Mil iteelT.e Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Newton Lane for Woreeg toodf're ; Colonel and Mrs. Egerton for Brighton ; Mr. Bart rel W entworth fur Yorkshire ; Sir Thomas Apreece, /I;T,'er Hu ntingclonshirc • Colonel and Mrs. Crawford for 1 1114 1 '4 ; Mr.. Fontaine for Narford H.ll, in Norfolk; Mr. 13,;,,-"s Robbins from Thomas's Hotel, for their seat, near "' ;e1 ; Sir Sinseon Stewart, from Hi. to, , for Clifton. CHANGES. i s i r t he Earl of Scarborough. at RAby Castle, Durham, on a as e .. t° the Duk e an d Duchess of Cleveland, from his scat 14;7 Doncaster; Lord Macdonald, at Ness Castle, Inver ,l7. °r. a visit to Lord and Lady Saltoun, from his seat, astle, Suth er l an d s hi re ; Lord Teignmouth, M. P., at f. uctin shaTe, on a v i s i t to Vi scount and Viscountess Lorton, tr Dublin Castle'u ; the Marquis of Tweeddale. at Chillingham Wooler, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Tan /.;IT ie, from his seat, Yester H ouse , H a ddi ugtons hi re; bt P rudhoe, at Ai nw i c k C ast l e, on a visit to the Duke and Ziuuseehess of Nor t h um b er l an d , from his seat, Stanwick Park ; "ie7ftit and Viscountess Comberinere, at Combermere Ab. , fr om Warwick; the Earl and Countess Jerrnyn, at from D over; t h e Countess Dowager of Belmore, at H a h, from Southampton; Talbot Patterson, Esq., at Bushey, e rta, from Brighton. fr. -t is n o t y e t fi xe d w h en t h e C ourt w ill l eave Wind '''t for Brighton. Prince Wiasem s ki, Aid e -d e -C amp to t h e Emperor trt-ellteurssbivar, g a h r . rived at Mivart's Hotel lat e l as t even i ng f rom St. The D u k e an d D uc h ess o f Sutherland, who ret urne d to%,.Stafford H ouse yesterday from a visit to her Maj e s ty at I"lcisor take their departure for Paris on Friday morni ng , , re *he their Gr aces w ill p ass the , winter. L The D u k e of Wellineton s party at Walmer Castle 'exPected to separate on Friday. u_The Duchess of Bedford arri ved at Brighton on ileonday night from the D •unr, in th e d and Cosmo Russell, 2 r t Grace left her sons, Lords Edw-tr . . Highlands of Scotland. torltiie Lodge, where they intend remaining ~ John Russell was expected to arrive yesterday from town. a in,,rob longer wrint, orgiana and Frances Russell, an drty. "Tleh442l:Y l'iussell, form the famiypa Lord and Lady /r em e Duke of Norfolk arrived in town yesterday le Littleatvii:it to the Earl and Countess of Surrey at t . r , e Pto. Peet 1 , 1 Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are ex- i i:eio..tovrti to-morrow, from Walmer Castle. ;tur n Marchioness of Clanricarde, it is exp ected, wil of., to this eountr in the spring. The the family rernai n y here. r branches The vi it u n t w , ..uarquis and Marchioness. of Thomond left -r i lw4e Wells last week for Brighton for the winter. Edwi n le Marquis and Marchioness of Downsh i r e , Lord _ , sew frotolek Lady Charlotte Hill, are expected in town to.mor few days the Continent. This noble staying a t, l i n town, will leave for Easthampstead Park. . _ o _ family, after .. frien' Talbot has been entertainine a septet c irc le of Lads at In of Hall, his seat in Staffordshire. Lor d of lisi t i '34,ah Ingestre have arrived at the Hall from a tour •L'etvi' l l, 'he Earl and Countess of airtmouth and Viscount Th.tlrli_have been among his Lordship's guests. day after Lad and Countess of Carlisle leave t own the Plishe.er. tonorrow for Paris, accompanied by the ir accom t:edaughters, Ladies Elizabeth and Mary Howa rd. Se b ' end Countess Bruce, who have been vi siting I!4litioBewryltgler,i.Countess of Pembroke, at Wilton House. near 4 ron g y:' "n on Saturday for Savenache Lodge, near Marls Co tt fel ' L • ntess Batlivany left Mivart's Hotel yesterday is at rlVnon, accomPanfed b ba r family. Count IlathYt'Y 'll''' fi e e°, but vial return t - o this country shortly befoie 11.10al' tre til t r h d R olle, we understand, has entirely recovered daytoted e ti ff'"s or his Lordship 's late accident. ev ssowart de " Walden arrived in town on Mon- L o e , nl ng from the seat of the Duke of Portland. * Veil tah r r PrUdlioe still remains at Stanwich Park, in d ay L Orj e' l e :i ' ling the amusement of shooting. so; - or e t bef eveson arrived at Devonshire House . th e kp l i Yestera a • ticl 1 ) , y, and has again left for Faris. His Lord (1 h), at o' er " c'n 0 visit to Countess Flahault (Viscountess ta ro „ '44 Allan Castle, N.B. 04 a Vigi;'tl3ll.low left the Prussian Embassy, yesterday, 1:A. n „ o ,'"lr Gore Ousely. 114clethaerii-ve4rienrt:f„nnolale families and tient nor thern cou i n cv t. i e . tbi n. th n e d l i a n st f e w persons of rank Con- The . is, inte ndin g pdrzse,efdrotmo the Sco snd ails in tish o or c o Sly ill aPstor Winchester was la . st o w le •e c e x k t, t n a s k i; e e n to s u o r three L 'eati o , • 0 be unable to proceed in r en" hhe bad just commenced. At two or 14 .- I ,that 1, 1 , ~° Bishcp of B.irbadoes, who Lad just returned I t , .4 Ti hat L , n u , cfficiated in his stead. ;tom til ts , and, T °` this r 'el RD FARNHAM.—The mortal re st. Pari s t t:sPected nobleman , which had been convened re beam , fey ° t he Thames, were removed on board an I ri s h . Hon 1 1; 4 ,. k e't for, d aYs back for Dublin, from whence the y will Itlr r ll Itlas w - ;lrment to Farnham House, Cavan. '1! have . ot 4 ''-'Y a r i ve‘ ;' it NI. P., and the Hon. Samerset Maxvve , . . 3 l i c ltde s 4at the above seat to attend Et his Lordship I. 4‘ ll t 1, Tel DU k E .(17 7 I n Malcolm's 84 -.- of Flo or_, vv ELLINGTics.— tins,"s the f 11U and Field," published in Edinburgh v tros‘oa:_..., Oil()Win,„ Passage relative to the Duke of \ el ftverl'vtd. ,;tll,, riee'opgnasisseintg: face o f amidst the vast and unknown 64 rte 4 " 4 s a wo I c s recollections. hia_etmeti h ut f s or rive now rolled away since I 4 4 1, 44 Year h rd of prowudhi"lahndevgerliotrhineug. lance of tt MO h b eheld the tile's of battl e an instant, as it shot p Ist me la t 4 .. t r b ou l g .ld . it It '. lee s and vardshed in its storm ; but . no one who has ..., is can ever f MN , Itioreuye_ forget that of the Duke of Wellington. t,,, Pla c i d .r, but litile changed, and still wears the I look • smile n.. 1 % 0 It . .- '...,4 calm dignity which never for a moment i• a ll '''. ' -yen ''' the mortal struggle and earthquake shock of N he ir i toYal li• t4O Ink h o ighnesses the Prince and Princess of Ink e left t TI "II on a tour of visits for three weeks or a l 'io le ulce koo e jb at L oo 'f Rutland and his visiters, during t their torn„ gat and Lod g e, in Derbyshire, killed abou tterli:kieri b ._ n' one hundred black game. His Grace,iac -11,44.haa left Y,, The Ntarquis of Granby and Lord John n 1 ''a th e Lo ngshaw . f I ci a e n n; Q 'e Peak of (.. or Haddon Hall, his Grace's it he '4l6 ' atLl e it r as o si4 s Abh ot, ti s bl i s Q' t : e bi r lYl r : h f si t lr h ieo : r tly lead to the altar the present Lord Tenterden, and hioliil4.B`le late Lord Tenterden, Lord Chief Justice of b n ess theße nch. „. Caain Smyth is brother- of her Royal tiyar ori ~ 4 -- Inees s f Capua, t l'•Nt " Buteaux, Master of the Horse to his erd, Y the Kin d.ile'llYla's,f;°4 hYo..o_ricsfh_irter,uswilhae' es for the Prussianue 'where he at Mivart's Hotel yes -451 " e tarl " a h rm as y. been making large Ye ßt hea a u • and Countess of Sefton and . the Ladies t c., 4 l.,i,ty ;ived at their tow n residence in Arlington.s . tr . ee _ 1 hit'l',hh, it Weymouth. The Noble Earl has visltel h a. Jl s , 8 , r , o and Rath for the bene fi t of their sinters, and . it 404a1: re,4reat pleasure t o be able to state his Lordship to y, c'sl.collsiderable relief fr 'fic'n'' Lord and Lady "la g ii,ted the Earl and Countess shortly before their eY'raouth. CO.{N-LAW FALLACIES, WITH THE ANSWERS. (Continue? from The Sun of Monday.) 103 —4 Switzerland is the real rival' of this country in inanufictures ;" and th4t because " food (there) cannot be taxed." Why, what is Switzerland ? A country of too limited extent to form an independent nation exercising a free will; without a port; without internal wealth; and whose only se curiiy against foreign arms, and foreign subjugation, is the mutual jealousy of the great Powers that surround it. Such is the Power from which the United Kingdom, with her em pire of Ait e hundred and fifty millions of souls, her hundreds of ports, her tens of thousands of ships, and her Leeds, Manchester, and Birmingham', is to learn policy, and how to become rich and great. —Hull and East Riding limes, 7th September, 1838. ANSWER.—" Because a little tradesman gets rich by economy and care, therefore a great one ought W let his money be thrown about the streets, in the hope that the nnders will bring it back to his shop again." Something like that seems to be the argument advanced. In 1803 the captain of a West Indianian was arguing on the merits of Mr. Wilberforce, and he said, " Talk of him; there are men in Jimaica worth fifty times as much !" Another in stance of judging of a man's argument by his weight. 104.—The case of Switzerland is precisely the reverse of that of England. Switzerland gives no protection to agri culture, for it has no agriculture to protect. —ld. A.—Switzerland might find agriculture to protect, as England does ; if she were fool enough. Switzerland might say, there shall be no more Swiss than can be kept upon the corn grown in their own valleys ; but it happens that the Swiss are the masters of Switzerland, and have beaten dawn and reduced to harmlessness the aristocracy that confine them to Swiss corn, and kill off the difference by Poor-laws. • 105.—For plenty it must depend upon foreign sources; bind it is not in the nature of things for all those sources to be closed against it, as we have already seen, and any one being 'pen is sufficient —ld. A.—lfit is true of Switzerland that all its sources of •upply cannot be closed a once, how much more true of Englan I. The dock-gates at Hull are kept locked, lest di foreign ports should he closed against Hull ships at once. Poor Hull merchants, what would they bring them selves to, if they had not Tor es to take care of them! 106.—And, as to its manufactures, they have not yet at. tamed a consequence gri•at enough to excite much jealousy. —ld. A.—Great or small, the fact is, that the Swiss, by de fending themselves stoutly aglinst their aristocracy, and guarding every man's interest alike, have arrived at a de gree of wealth and comfort very dis?roportion , d to their physical advantages ; while we are crouching, and killing off our people by Poor-laws, li,cause it is necessary " to the maintenance of the Church Establishment." 107. —The United Kingdom, on the contrary, has produced, and can produce, sufficient grain for its consumption.—ld. A.—The United Ktrudoin can produce grain for the number the landlords like to keep and kill off the rest. And this is what is doing every day. The New Poor-law was an invention of the landlords to sharpen the til'eth of the mill, in which the population, above what they choose to keep, `is to be ground down. The old process was not quick enough ; men and women got out and struggled in dying, and the consequences might at some time have been very disagreeable. 108.—And, while it possesses its present unequalled home market (which is made and preserved by the Corn laws), and retains its immense colonial empire, it has a profitable field for its manufactures, which, well worked, must enable it to excel and undersell, not only Switzerland, but even France and Prussia, out of their respective territodes.—ld. A.—Tell Mr. JONES to shut up his shop and cut off the communication with the outside, and he will see what a wonderful home-market he will have inside; haw Mrs. JONES will buy of Mr. JONES, and Mr. JONES of Mrs. And if it be well worked, he will soon find himself in a way to undersell all his neighbours, " out of their respective ter ritories." The men that advise Mr. JONES to this, have one simple object ---to get three days' work for a quwter of corn out of him instead of two, by selling to him at their own price. 109.—1 f the BOWRINO •ale of the Chronicle assertions are to be taken as fair specimens of the projected Anti British- Ag ricultural war, it may furnish food for ridicule and contempt, but it can excite no apprehension for the protection o the British farmer.—ld A.—Why not the manufacturers run about crying for the due protection of the British manufaeturer by a tax on home-grown corn ? It might be what ought to send them to the mad-house or the tread-mill ; but it would be just as good as the other. Where did the farmers ge.t their peculiar right, to be bawling about the country for leave to live upon their neighbours? 110.—The Shipping Gazette professes to be devoted to the shipping interest ; and yet we find it, with all the ability which it possesses—such as it is—endeavouring to place Hull in oKosition to Liverpool ; Dundee in opposition to Glasgow. And. upon what queston do our read-rs suppose that this Cockney supporter of our maritime welfare would range our ports in hostility to each other ? Positively, none other than the equalization of the Baltic and Canadian timber duties." He actually tells us— " The people of Ah-rdeen, Dundee, Leith,. Newcasty, Hull, and other sea-port towns on the eastern side of t island are, in a peculiar manner, interested in this question. The equalization of the timber duties would have the effect (..f considerably adding to the bustle and business of their respec tive ports, by transferring to them the greater part of that timber tradeC at present enjoyed by the western sea-ports. The s.me considerations that render Greenock, Port-Glasgow, Glasgow, and Liverpool inimical to the removal of the • pro tecting' duty in favour of Canadian timber, ought to stimulate our east-country towns to give such a proposal their cordial and zealous support." More consummate ignorance than is here evinced was never before exhibited. H.. 5 this writer still to learn that the " reciprocity system" has put an end to the possibility of any such jealrusy as that which he would excite ; and has he also to be inform d that the trade which Hull carries on with Bri. tish North America is not of a character to be willingly trifled with, and still less to be sacrificed?—id. Sept. 14, 1838. A.—An attempt to stop up the docks, by putting for ward the " reciprocity system" for the " prohibitive duty." A law is made, putting a duty which to a great extent is prohibitive, on bringing Baltic timber to Hull ; for the sake of putting money into the pockets of the friends of the aristocracy in Canada, and making an excuse for pay ing soldiers to keep the rest of the Canadiars in order. By this method Hull is to lose the advantage of her posi tion for the Baltic trade, and contend with the ports which have the breadth of the island in their favour. And then the quantity Hull has of this maims d and unfavourable trade, is to be held out as the reason why the people of Hull should not wish for the better. It is not the " reci procity system," but the duty, which prevents Hull ships from bringing timber from the Baltic, and forces them to compete with the western ports, which have the advan tages of position all on their side. :What a nuisance to private families, are Tories in a commercial town ! 111 —The madness of depending on foreign countries for ,he staff of life, is absolutely suicidal.—Hull Pachet, Sept. 14, 1838. A.—The madness of going without the staff of life when we might have it, is something much more like sui cidal. Ask what is thought of it, in the places where the poor are weighed, to gee how many ounces of food may b. dispensed with. 112.—Once in the power of our foreign foes for bread, compulsion a ould be employed to oLtain admission for the manufactures established with the money paid for foreign corn.—ld. A.—A droll pay of establishing manufactories abroad, by sending manufactures to the foreigner ourselves! Could not some of the Hull Tories slip over to Hamburgh or elsewhere, and try to establish a manufactory on this prin ciple ? 113.—An universal sympathy pervades the body politic; an injury inflicted on a part, quickly induces mischicf throughout the whole community. —ld. A.—Why should not the captured thief say the same ? Why does not he beg not to be injured by being made to disgorge, and plead the universal sympathy that panatelas the body politic ? To bring it home, where does the farmer get his right to call the cessation of his robbery an irjury, and threaten mischief throughout the whole com munity ? Let somebody rob him a little, and tell him of the universal smpathy that pervades the body politic. 114. Is it the policy of England to raise the price of foreign corn? By the free admission of grain from the Con tinent, an immediate rise must there take place, caused by English money raising the market price of grain for exporta tion to Britain.—ld. A.—lf it does so till it stops the trade, what else do you want But you know it would not. We therefore mean to have the benefit of the difference. 1 15 —A man of sense would ask, what does all this hue and cry against the Corn-laws mean ?—ld. A.—Simply, that the people of Englind are dying under the Ncw Poor-laws, because they are not allowed to keep themselves. 116.—Where is the practical evil? The real answer is, it is from first to last, like the Reform mania, a mere theoretic gri„vance. Mankind are got too wise to be industrious. The labouring classes would live without labour. The middling classes would swallow up one another. Cheap bread, cry the poor, though we he left without s farthing to purchase it.—ld. A. Ye dogs, so ye would not give the landlords' prices !" And thus the poor are sent home, to feed their families on the " theoretic grievance." Just in this way argued too the manyfeud foralty t ra h t e it m. s in old time. But the masses proved (To Dlt CONTINUED. A select partv is expected to asseinble at Hatfield House in the ensuing week. THE COINAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE SUN. SIR,—To an article in the True Sun, of the 12th of Octo ber last, by Mr. Till, Jack Briton answered on the 20th, and be accompanied his letter with three of Mr. Pistrueci's, and one of Mr. Wyon's works, cast in plaster. On these ou remarked—" Judging from the specimens with which we have been favoured, we have no hesitation in assigning the superiority to Mr. Wyon." I would, most likely, never have troubled you further or, this subject but for a very rabid communication from 'Wm. R. Hamilton, Esq., in the Times, of Aug. 10, which aeci• dentally fell tinder my eye, in which it is said—" Mr. Pis trucci's worst fault is hi• foreign extraction —a crime not yet expiated by a residence of nearly four and twenty years in England." I consider that mind in a wilderness state that can have any prejudice against a person on account of the locale of his birth. Important as that may be to the individual, it is altogether connected with circumstances beyond his controul ; therefore whether that great event may have occured on the banks of the Thames, the Tiber, the Jordan, or the Nile, the Severn, the Shannon, or the Clyde, or even the banks of the sweet-flowing Fleet, in the Vale of Bagnigge-wells— or whether a palace or a cottage, may have embosomed the cradle of the sapling—or whether St, James's, St. Giles's, or Grub-street may have owned the cellar, first floor, or garret where he first saw the light, it has no value with me ; the discipline of my mind leads me to judge mankind by their science and morals. Artists I judge by their work:. It appears then to me, that the matter in dispute between Mr. Hamilton and the British Artists, having nothing• to do with national prejudice, as he has put it, and being a subject not of opinion, but of matter of fact, it can only be treated in a common-sense way, by an exhibitio n of the works of Sig. Pistrucci and Mr. Wyon, as I have done in my first communication with the True Sun. Mr. H. i s represented as saying, " When Pistrucei executed the coins of the country, they were the most beautiful in Europe those which come from the Mint, since he has been re moved from the office of chief engraver, threaten to bring the character of the British Mint below that of most simi. lar establishments." Against this rash and unjust judg ment, I make the following appeal : Mr. Pistrucci's first work for the mint, I believe, was the die for the half-crown of 1816 ; it was universaPy condemned by the public. In my judgment it is the most untrue repre sentation of the natural shape of the human head among the coin of the realm. The modd of this coin must still be in the archives of the Mint ; a public exhibition of it would be desirable, that wo might have the felicity of studying the first work done by one of the " most distinguished men of the present time." As Mr. P. was chief engraver in the Mint at the time of its issue, having done th model, he had also the superintendence of its execution. He may, therefore, have the glory or disgrace of this first of his works, which Mr. Hamilton lauds as the " most beautiful in Europe." Now it appears very strange that the Mint, under the cognizance of the Master and the Directors of that establishment, could have allowed such a piece of art to be issued from their cabinet, the keep of which they had confided to their pet, whom Mr. H. extols as" one of the most distinguished men of the present time, who risk their fortunes and success in life in transplanting their abilities to our shores!' When I look at the half-crowns and shillings of 1816 and 1817, and consider that he was chief engraver in the Mint at that time, I say that these coins are sufficient evidence that their fabricator was incapable of making a natural portrait of a human head. Previous to their ap pearance it was boasted that they would be the most per fect works which had issued from any mint, because they were to be finished works, by the hand of a master who could handle the seal engraver's engine with the greatest skill : foolish Least, as if any engine could make up for bad drawing and false modelling! It appears, now, that we can strike ugliness or beauty: witness the Coronation Medal by Sig. Pistrucci, and the common coin, and the medal to commemorate her Ma jesty's visit to the City, by Mr. Wyon. Mr. Hamilton assumes that the public are under a delusion regarding the Coronation Medal, but he consoles us that all will be right again when we use our " eyes instead of our ears." Mr. Hamilton must be advised to consult his oculist and and his optician also, that he may see more clearly, and probably he may be better qualified to discriminate with taste, and to judge more candidly regarding art and artists. It is droll that he should hint as proof of" the unrivalled taste, truth, and execution" of his pet, that drawing, modelling, or successful die-sinking could in any manner be influenced by the most perfect machinery. It would be as reasonable to boast of the operations of the hammer, the hatchet, and saw, without the hand and intellect of the skilful worker, who may be able to direct them in framing or destroying. In very hal taste, Mr. H. complains of persecution against Mr. Pistrucci, and that it has been done anony mously. He must not forget that he threw the first stone himself in the (lark, although now he blazons his name in the newspapers, and in conjunction with a Mr. Till. leads the van in a disgusting abuse of British talent. Now I propose a truce in this senseless word-battle, and from words, that we proceed to exhibit the very works we pre tend to talk about. Yes, let us have an exhibition of all the models and of the coin done for the Mint since the time of Henry VIII. ; let it be in the Museum. It would be a most delicious treat to the public, and might be im proving to artists professing the art of intaglio engraving. It would he pleasing for the Directors of the Mint to have public praise for their employing such talent as Mr. Wyon's in their mintage ; even Mr. Hamilton—better late than never—might blush to look at the a orks of a Simon and a Wynn, and reason might induce him to make a sensible apology for his reckless attack on native art. Simon was supplanted in the mint by Roither a fa vourite of King Charles 11. Simon was a man of splendid talents as a die-sinker, and fine taste as a modeller. I question whether anci •nt or modern time has presented better things in that art than he has left behind him ; yet he was refused employment at the Mint, and, it is said, died of want to give place to one of those eminent foreigners who have adorned our land by " transplanting their abilities to our shores. In Pisirucci's case, we ought cordially to thank him for being the first to prove to us, for many a long year, that beautiful coins and medals may be struck even in England, that Cameos of equal merit may be engraved in England, that hard Greek marble may, under the hands of the sculptor, be moulded into forms as elegant as the soft Carrara," &c. Such verbiage from a dealer in old coins, or a connoiseur of Queen Anne farthings, might excite a smile at the rhapsody of ignorance ; but that a travelled gentleman and scholar, who has represented our Sovereign at a foreign Court, and who, probably by his rank, has found easy admission into the principal collections of vertu in Europe, should proudly obtrude his name, apparently for the mere purpose of depreciating native talent, is indeed very strange. This diatribe on the powers and the talent of Signor Pistrucci is rather unintelligible to me ; that he has been the first to prove that the British could strike ugly or beautiful medals is rather anomalous, seeing that we have been in the daily use of Bolton and Watt's steam-coining engine to some purpose, long before this paragon of a gen tleman and artist graced our land. Mr. Hamilton luxuriates on the industry of his pet, and measures it at fifteen hours a day—most extraordinary ! What a blessing to our country to have such servants. I will venture to say, that one hour's labour a-day, from the time of his appointment to his snug berth at the Mint, would be more than sufficient to do all the work which he has done for that establishment—a snug sinecure indeed, when we consider that the work of the Mint has been car ried on by an artist more competent to the work than he. Let the dumb coin of 1816 and that of 1838 be laid beside each other, with the half-crowns, shillings, and so-, vereigns of George IV. by Pistrucci and Wyon (not for getting the horse of the pretended St. George, the legs of which expose such ignorance of nature as ought to force a blush on the most bronzed impudence which designed to declare the merits of the rival artists to every intelligent eye ; I challenge this trial as an act of justice to British artists. In our public exhibition of works done for the Mint we must have a peep of the grand work which Mr. H. says is the result "of more manual and intellectual labour than Ins been bestowed on the public works executed in this country by all the engravers in steel, and all the die sinkers put t oge th er , d ur i ng the l a st and present centuries. Britons, respond to my call, and let us implore those who may be able to answer the call that this wondeifal gem, by " the most distinguished man of the present time" m 37 be publicly exhibited with the cabinet of the Mint. As to the manual labour on this peerless gem, it would be folly to speak till we see it. But as to the intellectual labour we may speculate. The subject of this nonpariel o m v e e d r a w l h i is l t m h n g G t d h s e . T B , But n t s h l i n k Whatof o d s imagination—ve r l e Gods— i a the same breath, to tattle of the tale of the Gods and Titans, and the awfully tremendous battle of Waterloo !! to com memorate that spl en did event w hi c h smote to d ea th the proofrn a n arrogant ooff tthhee a intellectualg despotisme.Tohf e B dl u eas o bi n go a nu p_ r a o r if t l e o.wi ! ! tch ! oen tm T emo h s i pt s tdi t b l i e iet s i i i g l n ut i i s osi t lte h e(li e l so grave a story. Let us arrange their Godships :—George 111., or the Regent of our father-land, as Jupiter the thunderer ; Pluto the banker, with .his subsidies, and Mars the destroyer Britannia, as Juno, with counsel, cash, and spear for battle, supported by Austria, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, &c. It is said that Pistrucci has had two 2,0001. beyond his usual salary already advanced upon it, and that he has actually sworn, that he will not finish it !! Mr. Hamilton may blame himself for this fair challenge. I claim fair play for Mr. Wyon, who has been grossly abused—for Mr. Pistrucei, who has been spoiled k% ith flat ery —and for Mr. H. and Mr. Till, who have promoted an in- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1838. glorious attack on native artists. The exhibition which 1 propose would do full justice to all concerned in the ques tion, and give great pleasure to your faithful friend and constant reader, • JACK BRITON. P.S. After finishing my letter, in looking over Mr. IL milton's letter again, I find, according to him, that: Mr. P. has been " candid" in freely " communicating to all who are admitted to see him at work every result of his in ventive genius, many of whom, as soon as they learn what he is about, either try to forestall him, or exert their inge nuity to prevent his success." This vague and general charge I call on Mr. Hamilton to give some proof of, else I must have an indifferent opinion of him. I have just learned that the model of the condemned coin of 1816 is in the cabinet of the Mint, and that it is done in jasper. It is understood that the Coronation Medal will cost the country near 9001. as this " first man of his time" has been at work upon it for nine months, and makes the modest charge of 5001. for it, while he has a regular salary of 5501., with a free house in the Mint, so that the mock heroic battle of the Gods will be a pretty costly whistle. SWITZERLAND. (From the Helvelie.) The following proclamation was publithed by the Avo)er of Friburg, on receipt of intelligence that, France was marching troops towards the Swiss frontiers : ' THE COUNCIL OF STATE OF THE CANTON OF FLIBURG TO ITS FELLOW-CITIZENS. " Dear Fellow Citizens—At a moment when the Fede ral Diet was occupied in examining the application of France for the expulsion of Louis Bonaparte, and before that high authority had adopted any resolution on the' sub- ject, the French Government ordered a movement of troops towards the Swigs frontiers. After resorting to menaces with a view to support its demand, it appears now determined on influencing the deliberations of the Council of the nation by a military demonstration. '• Such a proceeding imparts a new character to our dif ,. ferences, since it attacks our honour and national indepen dence, Louis Napoleon is no longer in question ; he .has manifested the intention of quitting the Helvetic territory ; it now remains to be decided whether Switzerland is or is not a free and independent nation. " The adjoining cantons of Geneva and Vaud have not waited for the Diet to order the measures required for the honour and safety of the country ; they considered the danger too imminent, and lost no time in calling out their cantonal militias. " The canton of Friburg has a similar duty to perform, and we have consequently decreed in our tura the levy of 1- the contingent and reserve of the canton. " However hostile the conduct of France towards Switz erland may be, still we preserve a hope that peace between the two states will not be disturbed. But Switzerland must hold herself in readiness to act according to circum stances. However unwilling to engage in a conflict, she ought to be prepared to resist, in a just and legitimate cause. She owes to herself to assume a firm and ho nourable attitude, if she wishes to be respected by her neighbours. " We rely in the hour of danger on the patriotism of the Friburg soldiers, and we trust in Divine Providence, which for ages has watched in so obvious a manner over the des tinies of our country. ‘: lli F e ri m bu o r m g, en O t et t ;b a e b t r . LLER " R. WERRO, Chan ce llo r . B cia " itation of General Aymar was known i n B erne a great irritation was observable among t S hl, C el H pB A r3o , Avoyer, President. the inhabitants, and the Government, without waiting for the orders of the Diet, prescribed measures of defence. On the Ist the Executive Conncil called out all the troops of the first and second contingents ; 600 men of the 4th battalion, belonging to the remotest districts of the Alps, were ordered to Berne; the Urban Legion was placed in barracks, under the command of Colonel Zimmerli ; the Military Board caused the works of the arsenal to be car ried on with the utmost activity ; the materiel was put in the best possible condition ; the ammunition was prepared, the waggons loaded, and everything, in short, in so for ward a state of preparation, that the artillery is now ready to take the field at a moment's notice with the rest of the troops. The direction of the central police was provision ally intrusted to the Councillor of State, Lan,, ,, el; the com mand of the Gendarmerie was confided to Major Kupfer ; and Captain Kurtz was sent to Geneva to watch the course of events, and apprise his Government of their progress. On the 2d the staff officers of all the battalions were-re viewed, and set out for the towns where the soldiers were respectively to rendezvous. The students likewise offered their services. On the same day the citizens of Bienne and of the environs, who do not belong to the militia, as sembled and organized themselves into corps of volunteers. 'Those of Courtelary followed their example. The recall of' the Bernese regiment in the service of Naples was de bated in the Executive Council ; no decision, however, was arrived at, but it was agreed that in case circumstances became more serious, an appeal should be made to the cantons to recall all the regiments now serving in Italy. On the 3d the preparations were carried on with re doubled activity, on receipt of intelligence that the canton of Vaud troops of the the 4th hth ‘a e v f s ou marching rba 16,000 battalions of mili tia t a o the frontiers. On and dthe reserve were to be inspected, and the war battalions com pleted a nd organised. The 72 officer,: who, in 1832, re fused to take the oath to the Constitution, held a meeting in the Casino, and resolved on tendering their services to the Government. The Government of Vaud was unremitting in its pre parations, and had d ecreed the amount of all the cantonal- troops, without exception. That canton will then have on foot an effective force of u p wards of 20,000 men. On en. the 2d, General Gu i g uier, who had been appointed to. com mand them, issued the following order of the day " Soldiers! — Th e Cou n cil of State has done — me the honour of placing me at your head ; I shall endeavo Ir to merit that distinction. For the present, v a eu t nre lea ha s s t, I rny tu m n mis sion sion i s of an e xclusively pacific nature, and order and dis cipline are the only qualities we are cAlleds(uiip:,inthitoouttliwsphliacyi,l. o st o a c i ' de s vo e t e e ni d n e e to ss , 's change, hall e y S o h n o r u Should c courage ircum ears st'ineene only re quire of you to observe order and discipli ne patriotism and courage little avail. Sol er- . ? I com manded your fathers upwards of thiry • confided in me, because they knew that I eondsider.edlelacehy of them as a friend. Years have not chang e d my ' my heart. Trust me as your fathers did, and, please Go d ,ge Will not deceive your expectations. “GUIGUIEIt. General Commanding the Division. " Lausanne, Oct. 2. , (From the French Papers.) They write from Gex, near Geneva, that a battalion of of the 3d Light Infan tr y , with two batteries artillery, believed, that if the demands of Council were cantonal i t troops wasn ° t marched into Ferney on the sth inst., and that generally satisfied by the 15th, the troops would immedia e te l y move on Geneva. Ferney, once the residence of4Vettoipotwafairrsed,tsa most of our readers are aware, is the last place on the h i e s said to prevail and departure of frontier, rrh o Lanbuosuatntnheree Gazellemiles fromstate states, Geneva. 'The of Vaud, which have been ordered by the a o te s f to take up arms, will form an effective force amongst2o,oo Om t e h n o . s 0 i l d sh i e e r greatesty, and bo t e h n enthusiasm s r i a n s i3 m in ' g the troops were executed with the utmost alacrity, i n sp i te of the labour required from the population at the t approach n:he in. i of the vintage. 'The Gra i,t n st d odo C ek o u u it n na c tt i oi l o o cno f nttoshiedtheßreaatpsiloeine t on the ol t France p A and Switzerland. After question its eu s se i t t ti t ioo i sitting o tt foi betweens t sb h ue e eg 2 i 9 ve tl n u t Basle-town, m a Prince's discussion withdrawal ot . for hours,should the bon : d e m beblayd addressed in i, forns answer e t its innusttirfiuccattiioonos of f o bi i s ts re d t i e r p e u m t e a n t it be 'I 'he all obstacles to the should aside, and that a simple to the French Government. 'he deputation was likewise authorized to vote the precautionary measures judged ne cessary to prevent his G return. me'nftheofFethd the is o o u f nie e r neva Philippe bad been h The contents of thear positively contradicts the state ment Min, that the bust of Louis would seem to render tin the streets of Geneva. thhnestilFercinnetehntuinns against . Lyons Journals of the sth instant Government it a matter of some doubt whether f orn o ra r d m reerhsti us,l towards a a br t de been np thei t o ent has yet entirely abandoned its Switzerland. Those prints in the above-mentioned date no counter frontier, and that re place him at Lyons h that General We continue to l t ay a"dL b ' s t s hs ll e e d to the troops, which continued to Aywor wiss frontier. The Censeur even adds the state of publicc:hdeeerliuni n eia s efloor to cea ndo s ayu e n t rat -rrGoreivavotden arrived orr readers brief' whoihriieae tfsacwtichtneyos.l accounts s th o e Napoleon, although exists of everythine• oaken by the sever. cantons in the affair of Prince Louis g ina in tin Stv g iintztehrleaan:icaanbdleomf tahnenesrteps t we believe that. no doubt whatever de sired by all tr E ue or l o o ' ver s of the welfare of both countries and of s th ie e c p ie ea w e r e it o e f s, The Lucerne correspondent of the under datel of the 3d inst., that the Committee g clin an to d n mbNiy,oertrnheirent f or the sir , appointed by the Diet to take the necessary steps to obtain passports for Prince Louis Napoleon, had assembled that courier had been decided Thurgau,that aa anti afterwards s por passport s h e e n t delivered ed b y the the ° s n e a n t t 7r tn e of the different nfe id a anti AAnriebnaesnsbaedrogrst.o ap priseA give Government f of Thurgau of the decision of the the Vorort that be Diet, and to mo n e ormation of it to the Prince. At the same time Mr. l i e ~1 1 ow e d t o interdicta tt it i u o d r i w er a , s th a e ut E h n o g ri l s is e l d t 11 t I o in d i e s i t i e v r e , r , had informed e t d o the Prince, Ministerial p w u i l t , l li l ei h t. e reserve, as the Revue de Paris, a s h t i a ro tes tro o m f a p c a o s i s u i l n i condition o o n v that a ta any part p sh ar o t u o l, f l • , question had France. The assumed by England on the Swiss given great satisfaction at Lucerne. The Diet was expected to assemble to diaberate on its answer to France only after the signature of the passports by the repre seatatives of all the Powers, and indeed only after the Prince's departure from the Swiss territory. The Nouvel list!. Vaudois quotes a letter from Berne, reporting that the avoyer Tscharner had declared in council that war would not take place between France and Switzerland, and that M. de Montigny (attached to the French Embassy in Switzer land) had furnished him with pacific explanations on the military demonstrations of France. Some days previous to this the Grand Council of the can ton of Glaris had instructed its deputation to vote with the majority of the Diet; that of Schweitz had adopted the same resolution as Zurich, and that of Zug had voted for the expulsion of Prince Louis Napoleon. All the western cantons, too, except Neufatehel, had ordered their troops under arms ; and that of Vaud had on the 2d, directed its entire levy of men, of all ages, to march to the French frontier, when the Paris papers arrived, stating that the affair of Louis Napoleon was considered to be terminated by the retirement of the Prince. The cantonal authorities were waiting to see whether this would be confirmed before the finally determining whether they should despatch the troops to the frontier or not. _ _ The Swiss regiments at present in the service of Rome and Naples are stated by a Geneva paper to be expected home before long. MONEY AND CITY NEWS. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS 07 THIS DAY.) TIMES.—By the adsices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 10i, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at aho t being 13. 9, it follows that gold is 0. 69 per cent. dearer at Elamburgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is Si per mile, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10Id. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 36, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25. 45, it follows that gold is 0. 36 per cent. lower at Paris than in London. Business in the funds was more than commonly dull. Con so!s remain 94 to 94k for money, and for account 94k buyers; Bank Stock, for the opening, 207 i to 2081 ; India Stock, 261 to 262; Exchequer Bills, 695. to 71s. premium. Money was easier on the Stock Exchange, but still north (corn 3 to 4 per cent. Foreign Securities remain without movement. Spanish were heavy, the Active with the May Coupons being 18i to 184 ; Portuguese Five per Cent"., 334 to 34+ ; the Three per Cents., 214 to 224; Brazilian, 79i to 80; Mexican, 23 to 23i; Colombian, 24+ to 244 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53i to 54; the Five per Cents., 1004 to 1001. Railway Shares remain without alteration. Great Western, 14 to 15; London and Birmingham, 82 to 84 premium; Brighton, 21 to 21; Blackwall, 2+ to 2 dicount. The Iberia steamer, with dates from Lisbon to the 3d of October, from Cad;z to the 29th, Gibraltar to the 28th, and Malta to the 20th of September, has brought no intelligence of interest from any of these places. In Lisbon, the retire ment of Manoel Camillo from the 'Finance Department Wall still talked of, and it appears certain that he was most anxious to give up his uneasy post. Redschid Pacha, on a mission to Paris and London, had completed his quarantine at Malta, and been admitted to land, where the authorities were feast- ing him. According to letters from Para of the 7th of August, re ceived by way of Gibraltar, the French were not only settling themselves quietly down at Mapa, close to the River Amazons, which was suddonly taken possession of some months ago, as detailed at the time under this head, but acre extending their usurpations on every side. C lIR ONICL E.—Everything at the Stock Exchange re mains much in the same state as yesterday, especially in the English market, as nothing of any moment is going on in the City, and the continuance of easterly winds prevents the arrivals cf advices which would have any effect or furnish matter for comment. The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London, for the week ending Saturday last, the 6th instant, con Fisted, according to the official returns, of 2,411 ounces of gold in bars; 175 ounces of gold coin; and 30,615 ounces of silver. The gold bars are sent to flamtmrg, and the coin to South Australia. The silver was disposed of as fol lows :-8,649 ounces to South Australia, 7,000 ounces to Rot terdam, 5,966 ounces to Sydney and Canton, 5,000 ounces to Mogadore, and 4,000 ounces to the Mauritius. POST.—Money is becoming scarcer as the period ap proaches for the re-imbursement of the Bank advances to the merchants and discount-houses, and for the settlement of the two accounts at the Sto c k E xc h ange, one of wh i c h ( t h e fo reign) terminates on Monday next, and the other the day after. A large sum of money arising from the payment of the Government and East India Company's dividends will, however, be Ikea ing into the market in the interval, when capitalists will, no doubt, have to seek out fresh opportunities of investment, at the low rates of interest which have till lately prevailed in the market. The charge to. day for loans for the use of the Foreign Stock Exchange was full 4 per cent. per annum, and in Lombard-street 3i to 5 T:r cent., according to the quality of the paper offered for discount. No disposition was evinced by the time-bargain speculators of the Stock Markets to enter upon fresh transactions espe cially in the Foreign Department of the house, and the busi ness for money was extremely unimportant. The actual quotations for the foreign bonds were unprecedentedly meagre. We understand, that the sale of a few thousands was effected late in the afternoon for the ensuing settlement at the lower figures of 94i. Exchequer Bills are steady at 695. to 71s. prcm. India Bonds were done at 68s. prem. The Exchanges have been more settled to-day than we hare lately had occasion to notice in adverting to the dealings in foreign bills. The rate on Paris was a shade higher than on the last post-day ; but that on Hamburgh, on the other hand, was scarcely supported. The following were the terms, on which transactions took place :—Paris, 25 75 to 77k; Ham burgh, 13 11 to : Amsterdam, 12 41 to 5 ; Antwerp, 12 4; and FraJ:kfort, 1521. The Lisbon letter sent into the City in the second edition of the Morning Post was read with much interest, and so fully explained the true position of that country, at the time of the Iberia's departure, that it is necessary merely to refer to the republication of the same in the general impression of to-mor row (Wednesday). Disappointment has been again ex pressed at the non-arrival, through this opportunity, of letters from our Indian possessions. The vexation of the merchants engaged in the Eastern trade has been felt in a greater degree in the present instance than usual, as nothing further is the way of information can now be expected from that part of the world till the first week in the next month. It was to have beer, hoped that by the Iberia the news so confidently lookt d for by the last Mediterranean packet, relative to the affairs of Persia, would have come to hand, as of course no inco,lsider_ able anxiety is felt by the mercantile community for some po sitive intelligence on this subject. The dates from Bey, rout extend to the Bth, and from Alexandria to the Ilth ult. HERA L D.—lt will be remembered by most of our readers, that on the occasion of passing the Temporary Joint- Stock Bank Bill at the close of the last Session, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer expressed his intention to bring the subject of Joint- Stock Banking under the consideration of the House of Commons, in the next Session, with a view of passing a permanent law for its better regulation. It is to be hoped that this important question will meet with the most ample discussion, and that a measure may pass the Legislature, which will place the Joint- Stock Banking system upon a much sounder footing, and one that will in crease the security of those who transact their business with them. We find that this intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer has created much interest amongst all classes of Bankers, particularly Joint- Stock Banks, and in conse quence Mr. Blewitt, M. P. for Monmouth, and a Director of the Monmouth and Glamorgan Joint-stock Bank, which was established under the provisions of the Act 7th Geo. IV., cap. 46., sec. 9, has addressed a circular to the Managers of RAnt-stock Banks, in which he states that it is probable Par liament will not meet until February next, and then expresses his opinion that the intervening peri o d cannot be better em ployed than in considering and communicating with each other on such defects of the present system as may come uncler their respective notice. That gentleman also suggests that in order to concentrate all the information possible on this most im portant subject, a meeting of delegates from the different Joint stock Banks should take place in London not later than Novena bar next, for the purpose of considering and arranging the pre paration of such legislative enactments as may appear necessary for the better protection and im p rovement ofJo int-stock banking. We believe there is scarcely any doubt but th at t hi s ap peal of Mr. Blewitt's will be responded to v ery generally, and for the sake of the community at large, th a t a ll t h e prin cipals of the respectable Joint- Stock Bank s , w ill l ay before the Government , the res ult of their late experience, in order that no one-sided enactment should creep its way through Parliament. The value of money for commercial purposes has been fully ma intained n consequence of a p ressure f or payments previous to the issuing of the dividends, and the rates quoted arc 3f to 4 per cent. ; on the St oc k E xc h ange i n the Foreign Market, i t is still worth 4 p e r cent ., b ut i t i s the general opinion of well-informed parties, that after the payment of the dividends on the 13th inst., the Money Market will become rather easier. The Earl and Countess of Hillsborough left town on Monday, to visit Miss Cotton, her Ladyship's aunt, at her seat in Herts. The Indian establishment of a regiment is nine troops with nine captains. Immediately on the arrival of the Ilth light dragoons in England, Lord Howick communicated her Majesty's pleasure that the corps should be reduced from the 27th June to the same strength as other regiments in Eng land, viz., six captains, six lieutenants and six carnets. This order has not been complied with, and the 11th dragoons still remain on the strength of an Indian regiment, and the officers to be reduced, not yet relieved from duty, are refused their pay. —Government Paper. _ The " Animals' Friend Society" caused the Putney Omnibus driver, 2.350, to be fined by Mr. Minshull, for Inv ing cruelly whipped a horse. The Society also charged Mr. Eaton, a butcher, of Kennington, with having ill treated a horse. The complai nan t sa id he found it lying in the road very ill, but that it got up, and was then cruelly w hipped, beaten, and kicked by the defendant and several other persons. and forced to run up and down the street, in doing which it fell several times. The defendant said the horse had the gripes, and that that wa.f. the only way to cure it; but an eminent said it surge on h as pos i t i ve l y d en i e d t h e a ssertion, and it ought to h ave b een ru bb e d . Th e case , however, we ar e sorry to find, was dismissed with costs on the Society. " ) I 14tcr HI :4011QPIC" _ ~ : i: - .,•>' t: ..6 ' These two mornings past we 414: ec '4drogfiA. . , 84 frosts, accompanied by a fog on the FI foisi:ttet ts i- '.. put a stop to the navigation during the earfykrs.,. ! - day. '1 hursday morning the Dumbarton steamer atterMAKl the pas tag : down. She left the Broomielaw about half-past six, but dh• could not make past Govan till mid-day. The Lochgoil and three others were placed in similar circumstances, while R rortion did not sail et all. Yesterday ( Friday) morning the fog was still heavier, and we have not heard of any attempt be ng made to leave the quay. Over the city the mist was also so thick about eight o'clock as to render it dangerous for vehicles to proceed at a quick pace.—Scots Times. For the last week or ten days the weather has been all that could be wished. We have enjoyed uninterrupted sunshine, with a clear dry atmosphere. In consequence the crops hare been cut down to a great extent, while those that remain are rapidly advancing to maturity. The potatoe crop is improv ing, and the fears that were at one time entertained cn that bead seem in great measure to have ►anished.—Edinburgh Courant of Mond *y. 40 . THk.; WEATHER A THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON—TUESDAY. (Before Mr. CRAIG.) PARISH OF ST. DUNSTAN IN TEM EAST. Itl the list for this parish the name of Mr. Hardy was ob jected to by the Liberals, on the ground that be had changed his occupation. On his examination he stated that on the 31st of July he occupied a counting house at 27, Mincing lane, for which he paid rates and taxes to the 29th of Sep tember last. He had since removed his counting-house to No. 16, in the same lane, but he was still at No. 27, when the list was placed on the church doors. Mr. CRAIG was of opinion that an objection on the ground of change of residence between the 31st of July and the timo of revising the lists could not be sustained. He must, there fore, retain the name of Mr. Hardy. Mr. Trott asked if Mr. Hardy's name was to be retained on the list as the occupier of the counting house No. 16, or 27? Mr. CRAIG thought the question one of great importance, 'hough it had never• hitherto been raised. Mr. Trott submitted that the Court had no power to alter the residence, the result of which would be that Mr. Hardy would not be allowed to vote. Mr. CRAIG decided upon retaining the name as it appears d on the registry. A number of.parties occupying premises in Sergeant's Inn were objected to on the ground of not paying rates. It ap peared that they were regularly rated, but refused to pay on the ground that they were extra-parochial. Mr. CRAIG said that this was too important a question for him to determine, and he could not, therefore, allow the ob jections on that ground to be sustained. MARYLEBONE. (Before Mr. COVEN TRY. ) Sir William Heathcote was objected to by the Radicals en the ground that he did not occupy. A persen of the name of Walters said that Sir William's servants were in occupation. Objection disallowed. Moses Harris was objected to by the Radicals. James Duffill, a tobaceemist, said Harris had admitted t• him that he was a Polish Jew. Mr. Scadding asked whether the other party could prove that he had not been naturalized ? Mr. COVENTRY said that the last Alien Act (4 Geo. 14., sec. 19) threw that proof on the party objected to. Vote struck off. FINSBURY. The barristers, Messrs. FALCONER and CHAMBERS, opened their Courts for the revision of the lists of voters for this bo rough yesterday, at White Conduct House. The claim of an individual, named Fisher, was resisted by the overseers, on the ground that he had refused the payment of the shilling required by the Act to be paid for registration. Mr. FALCONER appeared to consider the shilling as an essen t•al ingredient in the payment of the rates, but on consultation with his colleague, finding that that Learned Gentleman, as well as other revising barristers were of opinion that what ever other means might be available for the recovery of the shilling, its non-rayment ought not to deprive a claimant of his franchise, he admitted the vote. . WEST SURREY. DORKING, MONDAY.—This mornieg, at 10 o'clock, Sir Walter Riddell and Mr. Bosanquet held Courts at the Red Lion, in this tom„4nd,proceeded to revise the lists of electors - in the parishear Abinger, Capel, Dorking, Mickleham, Newdigate, Ockley, and Wootton. There were several ob jections raised on either side, but very few of the cases in volved points of interest. (Before Mr. BosANeurr.) William Farrand was objected to by the Conservatives. On the voter being called, he stated that he was a member of the Society of Quakers, and that he rented property in the parish of Dorking—viz., a house in High -street, fur which he paid 40!. a year, and a piece cf land at the bottom of Mill. lane, at a rent of 91. 10s. a year. He had occupied the pro. p2rty more than 12 months previous to the last day of July.— The vote was allowed. Mr. Charles Colgate was objected to by the Conservatives, on the ground of insufficiency of occupation. The claimant, in answer to questions put to him by Mr. Marshall, rented property in High-street, Dorking, for which he paid 801. a year. He had occupied 20 years, or there abouts.—The name was retained. Mr. Stuart, Inspector of Factories for this district, who has been detained at Balfron for three weeks past, in consc , quenee of a fall from a gig on his way from Glasgow to inapcct the Balliodalloch factory near Balfron, is now so far recovered that he was able to return to Glasgow on Saturday last.—Glasgow Chronicle. ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTHWARK.—TiIe question as to whether the venerable church of this parish should he re built out of the proceeds of a compulsory rate, or from a volun tary subscription, was yesterday decided by the votes of the parishioners. The polling commenced at ten and closed at four o'clock, when the numbers appeared—For the rate, 237 ; for a subscription, 139 ; thus leaving a majority of 98 in favour of the former made. THE BRIGIITON PENSIONER.—The Tories of Brighton—or we should rather say, the factious portion of them—lure repossessed themselves of their idol, and their eestacy knows no bounds. The recent investigation before the Pension Committee has established the fact that, without the slightest public desert, Sir David Scott has received up wards of 6,0001. from the public purse; and this disclosure proving him to be a man after their own hearts, the faction of the Tories have set him up as a brazen image for which they would fain exact a universal homage. How Sir David plays the new part thus assigned to him, we cannot say from per sonal observation ; but we have been told by those who have beheld it, that the image looks honest men full in the face without blushing or betraying the least sign of uneasiness. We must therefore congratulate Sir David and our Brighton Tory faction on their mutual relationship to each other. They lose abuse, he has practised it at the expense of the industrious people of this country, and he is therefore a fit idol for a Tory faction to bow down before and reverence. —Brighton Guardian. RETALIATION.—The keeper of a beer-house not a hundred miles from Croft, «ho occasionally indulges too liberally in the article in which he deals, and at such times does not act with the utmost tenderness towards his better half, was placed in a rather awkward predicament the other day, by the unlucky interference of a constable while he was engaged in conjugal strife. To use a familiar term, he was beating his wife soundly, when the constable clapped a pair of handcuffs on his wrists, and then desired the enraged fair one to take her revenge, an opportunity of which she instantly availed herself, and did not cease to pummel him until he cried " Hold, enough !" and promised better behaviour for the future. Duritam Advertiser. FEVER IN GLASGOW.--The state of Fever stands to day as follows :-52 patients in the Royal Infirmary this morning; 14 admitted from the Ist October to the Sth-106 empty beds.—Glasgow Chronicle. • BOTANY BAY.—When we said in our last article on Transportation, " that the penal Colony of New South \Vales is a tremendous legislative crime," we had not seen the Report of the Committee then alluded to. We have now seen it and must say that our description is painfully accurate. Whoever wishes to see the effects of human ingenuity em ployed to devise tortures for man, whoever wishes to attain a full and complete conception of the immense mischief inflicted by punishments, whoever desires to see slavery in all its hor rors, and the consequence of legislators and Executive Gover nors depriving men of all the rights of humanity, should study this Report. A greater mass of iniquity, beginning with the law-maker and ending with the executor of the law, was never, we believe, brought into so small a compass. The horrors of the middle passage and of slavery in the West Indies seem to us scarcely equal to the continual, never ending torments of this penal colony. Pandemonium, and all of wickedness that poets have ever fancied, are certainly cur plssc d by the realities of Botany Bay. —Brightote Guardian. The past was a most blessed week for the country, and short as the day now is, it is impossible to set limi ts toin_ y good achieved, or the labour performed between Mo n d ay. week the Ist, and Saturday, the 6th October curren t. t of country, we had an opportunity of inspecting a large c co and the result, we are glad to say, amply estimate of the moors and hills. Everyauwch as grow wheat farmers in the highest spirits, excep r firmed e a Our foundf or mt the fi t and n n n n g d y the harvest boatmen . h. d . on land little fitted for its cultur h e e , harpy and contented—now that d sc t ing to a Months ago and the graniverous rapidly the crops, as usually happens, were we were led to believe th at ever discouraging a p pearancesnd is still telling, a different tale.— later on the west than t h eaeta.stmcaoyasthaoyfe S b c e o e t n lan in d ; th b a ut be h g o i w n: begin ning, the end baa told, a Dumfries Courier. A SENSIBLE TORY PETITION.—Through th ki n dness of a frie nd, we have been favoured with an early copy of a ; etition adopted , or about t o be adopted, by the New Aberdeen. Conservative Association, for signature before the opening of Parliament. We must honestly confess that, taking it all in all, it is a very sensible and well-timed document. If Njr. Henry Lumsden would retrench it of a few magniloquent phrases about our "glorious Constitution," and some asser tions of rather doubtful emu! acy about the equality of our laws, we would be disposed not only to subscribe it ourselves, but to recommend our readers to do the same.—Aberdeen Iderdi r~~